1a That is, in the third yere accomplished, & in the beginning of the fourth: for thogh Nebuchad-nezzar begain to reigne in the end of the thirde yere of Jehoiakins reigne, yet that yere is not here counted because it was almost expired, {Dan. 1,1}.

5d He sheweth that the Prophets wholly with one consent did labour to pul the people from those vices, which then reigned: to wit, from idolatrie, and the vaine confidence of men: for vnder these two all other were conteined. {2 King 17,13. cha 18, 11 & 35, 15, Johah. 3,1}.

15m Signifying the extreme afflictions that God had appointed for euerie one, as {Psal. 75, 8}, {isa. 51, 17}, and this cup, which the wicked drinke is more bitter then that which he giueth to his children, for he measureth the one by mercie, and the other by justice.